decertify

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Recent Examples of decertify Key accomplishments included a bill that created the first statewide process to decertify police officers who commit wrongdoing. Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2026 Employees at the Wells Fargo branch in Casper, Wyoming, also filed a petition last week to decertify the union. Chase Jordan april 2, Charlotte Observer, 2 Apr. 2026 In September, the housing department threatened to decertify recipients of the money who don’t follow a series of rules, according to the lawsuit. Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 16 Mar. 2026 And then also, the state board has voted to decertify him as a police officer, as a law enforcement officer in Alabama. Dana Taylor, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for decertify
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Verb
  • Their death sentences were reduced to life in prison after the California Supreme Court invalidated the state's death penalty in 1972.
    Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 5 Sep. 2026
  • Now, the federal government has explicitly invalidated the latter.
    Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 2 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • Hayden Rucci nullified by a Jordan James’ penalty (cut block).
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Blakeman is one of two county executives in New York who has so far refused to nullify a cooperation agreement with ICE.
    Marcia Kramer, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • In May, the Kentucky Supreme Court denied Bevin's request to disqualify Johnson.
    Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Bryan Kohberger’s new attorney has filed a motion to disqualify the judge in his case and has asked for a change of venue for his post-conviction proceeding.
    Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 28 Aug. 2026

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“Decertify.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/decertify. Accessed 10 Sep. 2026.

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